Sketches of Figures, Hands, and Feet (related to the painting Aha oe feii? [What! Are You Jealous?])
Paul Gauguin
1891/93
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Medium
Black fabricated chalk with pen and brown ink (originally purple) on cream wove paper (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
24.8 × 20 cm (9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159078
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...